to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions

surname Zhi

expenditures; expenses (CL:筆|笔[bi3],項|项[xiang4]); to spend money; (coll.) to pay wages

branch (of company, river etc); to branch; to diverge; to ramify; to subdivide

to pay in advance; to get payment in advance